May 24, 2023

The US Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on four entities and one individual involved in illicit revenue generation and malicious online activities to generate revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (North Korea) activities. The entities and individuals […]

May 24, 2023

Debt ceiling negotiations are locked on a classic problem that has vexed, divided and disrupted Washington before: Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to roll back federal government spending, while President Joe Biden and other Democrats do not. […]

May 24, 2023

The United States announced at a U.N. conference on Wednesday nearly $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa that aims to put a spotlight on the extreme effects of climate change and the worst drought in […]

May 23, 2023

Days after TikTok users sued to block Montana’s TikTok ban, TikTok has followed through on its promise to fight the ban and filed its own lawsuit in a United States district court in Montana. “We are challenging Montana’s unconstitutional TikTok […]

May 22, 2023

A U.S. default on its debt would have a significantly broader impact on federal operations, financial markets and the global economy than recent government shutdowns that have left ordinary Americans largely untouched. While the two have been confused frequently during […]

May 22, 2023

Members of the EU Parliament have agreed on a first draft for regulating the use of AI. The AI ​​Act is now taking the next procedural step to be negotiated and worked out with individual member states. In the end, […]

May 22, 2023

President Biden today announced his new choice to fill the empty seat on the Federal Communications Commission, which has been deadlocked with two Democrats and two Republicans for his entire presidency. Biden nominated Democrat Anna Gomez, who has worked in […]

May 19, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence systems are already making it easier for scammers to con elderly Americans out of their money, and several senators are asking the Biden administration to step in and protect people from this quickly emerging threat. Sen. Mike […]

May 18, 2023

President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a […]

May 18, 2023

Cyber espionage attacks against organizations in Taiwan have surged against the backdrop of recent political tensions, new research shows. Trellix this week cited a fourfold rise in malicious phishing emails targeting Taiwanese companies between April 7 and 10 of this […]

May 18, 2023

A Government Accountability Office report examining the implementation of cloud security practices at four department-level agencies found that none of them have fully applied those practices to date. The report, released on Thursday, describes the efforts at the departments of […]

May 18, 2023

The nation’s top hydropower trade group and energy developers are raising the alarm on the burdensome regulatory process facing new and existing projects, warning a reliable source of electricity for millions is at risk. Hydropower — which supplies nearly 80,000 […]

May 17, 2023

Ongoing recruitment challenges for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care workforce are gaining more attention — and concerns — from Congress. The Veterans Health Administration is on track to reach its year-end target increase for its total number of […]

May 17, 2023

An interagency pilot project aiming to bolster national cybersecurity has been a critical force in expanding proactive information sharing about ransomware vulnerabilities across the public and private sectors, according to an official from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Gabriel […]

May 17, 2023

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in the US Senate today about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence technology made by his company and others, and urged lawmakers to impose licensing requirements and other regulations on organizations that make advanced AI […]

May 16, 2023

The IRS announced plans on Tuesday to test a free, government-owned online system for taxpayers to file tax returns directly with the government. The news coincided with the public release of a congressionally-mandated report on the viability of a free […]

May 16, 2023

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New Guinea as well as a visit to Australia for a gathering with fellow leaders of the […]

May 15, 2023

A bill introduced by senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) wants to strengthen the cyber-security of US election digital infrastructure, providing new testing requirements for voting machines going through the certification process by the Election Assistance Commission […]

May 15, 2023

California’s reparations task force is calling for the state legislature to require all cities and counties with allegedly segregated neighborhoods to submit all their real estate ordinances to a state agency for approval based on whether they maintain or lessen […]

May 12, 2023

President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are set to hold talks Friday as their countries are collaborating along with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home […]